New Hampshire is known not only for its rugged mountains, rocky 19-mile shoreline, one of the largest legislative bodies in the world and its in-your-face Live Free or Die license… Read more »
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Why We Must Rethink the Dialogue on the Humanities
As we see more U.S. higher education institutions dropping their humanities majors, we also read about the need for academia to actively defend the humanities. A number of colleges, including… Read more »
Coming to a Campus Near You: Social Entrepreneurship Ed
Today, many higher education institutions are faced with declining enrollment, increasing tuitions and calls to infuse their degree tracks with more practical experiences for students, leading more directly to meaningful… Read more »
NEBHE, New England Council Join Forces Calling for Talent Pipeline
DC Shuttle … NEBHE, NEC Leaders Pen Talent Pipeline Op-Ed. New England Council President Jim Brett joined New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) President Michael K. Thomas to author… Read more »
Senate Would Edge Up Labor-HHS-Education Funding
DC Shuttle … Senate Appropriations Chair Announces 2019 Education Spending. Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Roy Blunt (R-MO) announced that the allocation for Labor-HHS-Education for the 2019 fiscal year beginning… Read more »
Limited Characters Spell Austerity
Tweets, despite their limited characters, can offer some pretty telling narratives. In May 2017, we ran a piece titled Real Tweets, Fake News … and More from the NEJHE Beat,… Read more »
NEBHE SARA Director Doran to Lead College in NC; Tufts, Smith Provosts Named Presidents of New York’s Union College, Virginia’s William & Mary; Mount Holyoke Acting Prez Becomes Permanent
Comings and Goings … NEBHE’s Sandra J. Doran, who in January 2014 became the first director of the New England State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), was named interim president of… Read more »
A New Way to Rank Colleges: What Percentage of Students Vote?
The recent March for Our Lives at hundreds of locations around the globe rattled my cage, particularly as I stood in the middle of hundreds of thousands of protesters in… Read more »
Academic Disciplines: Synthesis or Demise?
Current anxiety over the values and directions of what we used to call “higher education” has rich and complex roots in the past, as well as problematic branches into the… Read more »
About Face: Helping Leaders Avoid Prejudgment
I can tell within the first few seconds of seeing a student in my class, from their face, their clothes, where they sit in class, what their final grade will… Read more »